Edtech Special
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In a Byju-Unacademy world, what will the small players do?
With the two heavyweights garnering the fair share of the market pie and investments in India, and both on an acquisition spree, what will it take for small players in the edtech sector to survive? We find out
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We don't own a piece of the founder: GV Ravishankar
The managing director of Sequoia Capital says they prefer to see treat their investments as partnerships rather than ownership, and his job is to govern not rule
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We won't settle for No. 2: Unacademy's Gaurav Munjal
The cofounder and CEO of the edtech startup is aiming to unseat Byju's to take the No. 1 spot in the sector, and is counting on the bumper 2020 year to continue outperforming rivals
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Healthy competition drives innovation: Byju Raveendran
The founder of Byju's, India's most-valued startup after Paytm, insists his competition is not with other edtech players but with the education system
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Headmasters of edtech: Why Sequoia Capital bets big on the sector
Sequoia Capital's first edtech investment was 15 years ago—from then to now, the sector has evolved significantly—and today it has over a dozen investments in the sector, including heavyweights Byju's and Unacademy
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A masterclass in edtech
Two seasoned venture capitalists—GV Ravishankar and Rajan Anandan of Sequoia, India's biggest VC fund, decode the A to Z of edtech. Subscribe to Forbes India's new digital, print, or print-and-digital plans for the full cover story
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Skilling: The key to better jobs
Companies working on skilling have grown and evolved, but integrating skills with education is an imperative to deal with underemployment
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Startups to make your kids app makers before they turn 10
Startups such as Code Vidya, WhiteHat Jr and Hackberry are teaching kids to programme and use technology to solve problems
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'Entrepreneurship is a State of Mind': Sunil Shukla
Sunil Shukla, director general of Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, on what makes good business
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These 'Job-centred universities' guarantee placements
Apart from sharpening their soft skills and offering technical know-how, startups like Scaler Academy and Masai School are helping graduates land that coveted job after completing their course
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An education startup with a clear philosophy: Grades Don't Matter
The only education Varun Agarwal had was in engineering after which he went on to become a filmmaker, entrepreneur, author, YouTuber, and public speaker. Now he's set to relaunch his education venture based on his belief that marks aren't everything